diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d72f08bd52c389e2f2f5562f906230b11a09d34..cf654285c7542d59230f1bc0692423b673f472d9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ run-tests:
       --tag "${CONTAINER_TAG}-test"
       --target=test
       --build-arg MONGODB_URL_TEST=mongodb://containerhost:27017/todo-app
-      --build-arg JWT_SECRET_TEST=<my-very-secret-jwt>
+      --build-arg JWT_SECRET_TEST=my-very-secret-jwt
       --add-host=host.docker.internal:localhost
       "./app"
     # - echo ‘http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.6/main’ >> /etc/apk/repositories